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Tomonaga Okabe

Tomonaga Okabe

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
51
Citations
7242
World Ranking
1136
National Ranking
18

Overview

Tomonaga Okabe is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and works primarily within the field of engineering with a focus on the mechanics of materials. Their research spans multiple subfields, including mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, and computational mechanics.

The main topics in their research involve:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Epoxy Resin Curing Processes
  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Okabe's frequent coauthors include Yoshiaki Kawagoe, Keiichi Shirasu, Gota Kikugawa, Yamato Hoshikawa, and Kazuki Ryuzono, indicating ongoing collaborative relationships in their research community.

Their work has been published extensively in several scientific venues. The most common publication outlets are the Journal of the Japan Society for Composite Materials, Advanced Composite Materials, International Journal of Solids and Structures, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Recent publications by Okabe include:

  • "Experimental and numerical study on progressive damage and failure in composite laminates during open-hole compression tests," 2021, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • "Evaluation of the in-situ damage and strength properties of thin-ply CFRP laminates by micro-scale finite element analysis," 2020, Advanced Composite Materials
  • "Amine/epoxy stoichiometric ratio dependence of crosslinked structure and ductility in amine-cured epoxy thermosetting resins," 2021, Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • "A novel single-stroke path planning algorithm for 3D printers using continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics," 2022, Additive manufacturing
  • "Molecular-scale investigation on relationship between thermal conductivity and the structure of crosslinked epoxy resin," 2022, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Best Publications

  • Electromechanical modeling of unidirectional CFRP composites under tensile loading condition

    J.B. Park;T. Okabe;N. Takeda;W.A. Curtin

  • A 3D shear-lag model considering micro-damage and statistical strength prediction of unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites

    T. Okabe;N. Takeda;Y. Kamoshida;M. Shimizu

  • Computer simulation of carbon nanotube pull-out from polymer by the molecular dynamics method

    S. C. Chowdhury;Tomonaga Okabe

  • Size effect on tensile strength of unidirectional CFRP composites— experiment and simulation

    T. Okabe;N. Takeda

  • Micromechanical modeling of the microbond test to quantify the interfacial properties of fiber-reinforced composites

    M. Nishikawa;T. Okabe;K. Hemmi;N. Takeda

  • Numerical simulation of progressive damage and failure in composite laminates using XFEM/CZM coupled approach

    R. Higuchi;T. Okabe;T. Nagashima

  • Investigating nanostructures in carbon fibres using Raman spectroscopy

    Haruki Okuda;Haruki Okuda;Haruki Okuda;Robert J. Young;Daniel Wolverson;Fumihiko Tanaka

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of crosslinked epoxy resins: Curing and mechanical properties

    Tomonaga Okabe;Yutaka Oya;Koichi Tanabe;Gota Kikugawa

  • A new approach to predicting multiple damage states in composite laminates with embedded FBG sensors

    S. Yashiro;N. Takeda;T. Okabe;H. Sekine

  • Shear-lag versus finite element models for stress transfer in fiber-reinforced composites

    Z. Xia;T. Okabe;W.A. Curtin

  • Curing reaction of epoxy resin composed of mixed base resin and curing agent: Experiments and molecular simulation

    Tomonaga Okabe;Tomohiro Takehara;Keisuke Inose;Noriyuki Hirano

  • A new cohesive model for simulating delamination propagation in composite laminates under transverse loads

    Ning Hu;Ning Hu;Yutaka Zemba;T. Okabe;Cheng Yan

  • Quantitative damage detection in CFRP composites: coupled mechanical and electrical models

    Z. Xia;T. Okabe;J.B. Park;W.A. Curtin

  • Elastoplastic shear-lag analysis of single-fiber composites and strength prediction of unidirectional multi-fiber composites

    T. Okabe;N. Takeda

  • Quantitative damage detection in cross-ply laminates using Lamb wave method

    N. Toyama;J. Noda;Tomonaga Okabe

  • Factors controlling the strength of carbon fibres in tension

    Fumihiko Tanaka;Tomonaga Okabe;Haruki Okuda;Ian A. Kinloch

  • A new compression-molding approach using unidirectionally arrayed chopped strands

    I. Taketa;Tomonaga Okabe;A. Kitano

  • Prediction of tensile strength of discontinuous carbon fiber/polypropylene composite with fiber orientation distribution

    M. Hashimoto;T. Okabe;T. Sasayama;H. Matsutani

  • Numerical method for failure simulation of unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites with spring element model

    T. Okabe;H. Sekine;K. Ishii;M. Nishikawa

  • Prediction of buckling characteristics of carbon nanotubes

    N. Hu;N. Hu;K. Nunoya;D. Pan;T. Okabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuo Takeda
Nobuo Takeda University of Tokyo
Nobutada Ohno
Nobutada Ohno Nagoya University
William A. Curtin
William A. Curtin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robert J. Young
Robert J. Young University of Manchester
Ning Hu
Ning Hu Hebei University of Technology
Ian A. Kinloch
Ian A. Kinloch University of Manchester
Zhenhai Xia
Zhenhai Xia University of North Texas
Tomohiro Yokozeki
Tomohiro Yokozeki University of Tokyo
Cheng Yan
Cheng Yan Queensland University of Technology
Ramesh Talreja
Ramesh Talreja Texas A&M University

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